Next week the top golfers in the world will be teeing off at the Augusta National Golf Club in search of one of sport's most prized championships, The Masters (see page 52).

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•The copy of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED which many readers look forward to all spring is the special baseball issue. On the newsstands next week, it will present a preview of what to expect during the coming season, detailed scouting reports on all 16 major league teams, portraits in color of last year's most valuable players and an unusual drawing of famous old Comiskey Park. In addition, there will be the usual blend of news stories and regular features, including the Florida Derby, AAU swimming championships, Olympic basketball trials.

Before he became the premier postseason performer of his generation, the Patriots icon was a middling college quarterback who invited skepticism, even scorn, from fans and his coaches. That was all—and that was everything